Headline Details: The mission objectives for the Michigan Multipurpose Minisatellite (MCubed-2) is to capture mid-resolution images of the Earth from Low Earth Orbit, perform a technology demonstration for a novel new Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and train the next generation of Aerospace Engineers. Testing the FPGA on a CubeSat platform will provide valuable information as to how it survives Low Earth Orbit and how well it operates when processing real image data. M-Cubed implements a 3 MP CMOS camera that will transfer the image to the FPGA upon request.
MCubed-2 is also an educational project for Engineering students at the University of Michigan. M-Cubed provides hands-on experience for students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to build flight hardware for a space mission. The training these students gain by working on this project will better prepare them for work in the Aerospace industry. MCubed-2 is a 1U CubeSat
and the group is proposing to use a simplex transceiver on UHF with 9k6 telemetry. More information is available at http://exploration.engin.umich.edu/missions/mcubed/iaru/
Planning to launch from Vandenburgh into a 970x460km 123 dgree orbit with the following other craft:
Medgar Evers - CUNYSat-1
Cal Poly – IPEX:
MSU – Firebird:
UH - H-2:
Kentucky Space - KySat-2:
SLU – Argus:
LLNL – Udjat:
SMDC - TacSat-6, SNaP-1/2/3, SMDC ONE 2.3/2.4
Aerospace Corp. - AeroCube-5a/5b/6
AFIT – ALICE:
GSFC/Siena College – Firefly:
USC – MaVEx:
USU – STACEM:
** A downlink on 437.485MHz has been coordinated**

Application Date:

23 Oct 2012

Freq coordination completed on

31 Dec 2012

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